هذي هي الفلكُ فتحُ الخير كُنْيَتُها

هذي هي الفلكُ فتحُ الخير كُنْيَتُها

فابشر فبُشراك بالخيراتِ بشراها

فابشر فبُشراك بالخيراتِ بشراها

This is the ship; “Opening of Good” is the name she bears.

This is the ship; Fath al-Khayr is her byname.

This ship is named "Opener of Good"

Rejoice—for her glad tidings of good things are glad tidings for you.

So rejoice, for her glad tidings are tidings of blessings for you.

So rejoice, for it brings you blessings galore

اليمنُ واليُسرُ في أطرافها اقترنا

اليمنُ واليُسرُ في أطرافها اقترنا

فاليمنُ واليسرُ يمناها ويسراها

فاليمنُ واليسرُ يمناها ويسراها

Good fortune and ease are joined at her two ends;

Good fortune and ease have come together at her sides.

Good omens adorn its sides equally

good fortune and ease are her right side and her left.

So good fortune and ease are her right side and her left.

Bringing favor and ease alike in its store

سلمانُ لما اشتراها حين لم يرها

سلمانُ لما اشتراها حين لم يرها

وأقْبَلَتْ أعْجَبَتْ بالحسن من راها

وأقْبَلَتْ أعْجَبَتْ بالحسن من راها

When Salman bought her, before he had seen her,

When Salman bought her, not yet having seen her,

When Suleiman saw it, though not before

then she arrived, her beauty delighted all who saw her.

and she arrived, her beauty delighted whoever saw her.

He bought it, amazed by its beauty so pure

سفائِنُ البَحر إن سابقنها سَبَقتْ

سفائِنُ البَحر إن سابقنها سَبَقتْ

وجاوَزَتْ ثَمّ أولاها بأخراها

وجاوَزَتْ ثَمّ أولاها بأخراها

Should the ships of the sea race her, she outstrips them,

If the ships of the sea race her, she outstrips them,

Ships racing the seas try to reach the shore

and there, with her stern, she passes the foremost of them.

and there she passes their foremost with her stern.

But it surpasses them all, of this be sure

فإن جَرَيْنَ وإن أرَّخْتَهُنَّ فقلْ

فإن جَرَيْنَ وإن أرَّخْتَهُنَّ فقلْ

تجري وأصبحَ باسم الله مجراها

تجري وأصبحَ باسم الله مجراها

So if they sail—and if you set their date in verse—say:

So if they sail, and if you record their date, then say:

If sailing or anchored, say this verse

“She sails, and her course has come to be in the name of God.”

She sails, and her course is now in God's name.

"In God's name" - and safe passage will endure